THE PRIZEFIGHTER AND
THE LADY
By FRANCES MARION CHAPTER 11
EX-BOUNCER AND THE LADY Stevo carried the young woman up the bank and laid her down on *the grass. On his knoos beside
her, he saw her eye lids Outter.
"Keep your hoad, alater. "Can
you talk?"
"Mother said... there'd be days like this," muttered the girl, as though half delirious. She was soaked and muddy from having landed in the ditch, and her teeth began to chatter,
"Where do you hurt?" asked Stove, solicitously.
"I'm w-w-wet... c-c-cold," she chattered, opening her eyes.
Stove pulled off his sweater, "re""" vealing his muscular torso, and wrapped it around her shoulders.
"It's kind of sweaty," he apolo gized.
"Oh-kay, I'm the athletic t-type.
Stevo laughed at hor gameness, and called to the Professor who was helping the dazed chauffeur to his fect: "How is 147 On his feet to stay?"
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near petrified for a minute.”
fracture, you
a joint
Or
"Don't you think you'd bettter take my word for it?"
Grinning, Steve withdrew from his examination. "You're okay. always like to discover things for myself, though."
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, JANUARY
"Who's you?"
turned on the Professor.
"Stephen, I will admit. meant to explain..."
1934
ENORMOUS LOSS.
hands in response to a great chear "Steve Morgan. I'll leave "a that went up ringalde ticket. Will you como?": *Ladies and gentlemen!" shouted
"Wall.. maybe.
the announcor: The special bout "Good," he nodded. I'll poc vou of the evening! Ten rounds! Be-
FRENCH LUXURY: SHIP. Friday, and went out. Ketween the well-known,alashing
CANNOT BE REPAIRED Stove was in the dressing room heavyweight Hammer Jackson-*** of the Athletic Club, ready to go on two hundred and four-and Steve The Solne Commoreinl Court to-
Paris Jan 22. know," said Stove, going on with him,
"Sometimes
for his flight. The promoter came Morgan, our hundred and ninety-day decided that the liner Atlan
three flat!" "It's all understood now, You his examination."
tique, which mysteriously took firo The crowd yelled: "Where'd he in the English Channel on Janu- bruiso...
stay in there for three rounds or come from? Don't let him kissary 4, 1939, is irreparable, and The girl, watched his hande a you don't get no dough." He didn't you, Hummer! Oh, Mr. Morgan, ordered the insurers to pay 170,- moment as they examined her wait for any reply, and Stoveyouli001" thigh and looked up at him warn-So there is a catch to it! The "we got to put on a good show. tora. Lloyds are
"Listen, fella," said the referee. Messageries Maritime, the opera- 000,000 francs and costs to the ingly..
price of whiskey's pretty tough When you go down I'll give you the
thehenylest these days, ch, and you'll take a slow count--get me?"
lovers.-Reuter. chance on anything.
"Swell-great," sald Stove, wäy- Iing him away...
The bell rang and Hammer Jack EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS, son rushed from his corner and to the head and ribe of Steve who connected with a couple of smashes had been looking down at the girl in the gorgeous evening wrap, "You've got to stay three rounds, Steve took another blow to the chin, Sho regarded him severely u mo- ment. "Did you pock through key-Stephen. This is no water-front another to the body, but he only holes when you were a little boy?" brawl. It's in a ring with Marquis grlaned enigmatically. His right "Nope, I opened doors and wont of Queensbury rules. Your oppon-arm was cocked but he did not
ent is experienced, tricky--" right in."
even make a pass. Two more ter "If the Maharajah of Brooklyn rific smashes failed to rock him made the rules, I'll follow 'em and he advanced slowly towards his Come on!"
Hammer again two times, three times, the world!" said the Professor in opponent.
connected Steve shook his head, grinning and advancing, but a glint had come a quiet, dazed voice.
(To be Continued) into his eyes. After several more went into a clinch, blows on the chin, the figliters
"Well. I don't like that kind of exploring!"
Why? Is the territory all sur veyed? Claims staked out?"
cr.
"You'd better put on your sweat-
It's cold outside.'
He stood up and took his gwenter from a chair and flung it carelessly over his arm. "Don't worry about me. I've got plenty or insulation." The girl looked over the swelling "Get back here in your corner,muscles of his torso appraisingly son," said the Professor, leading
"I guess you do need all that mus- the chauffeur to a tree.
cle at that, to carry around that "Stay with him," said Steve and head of yours!"
"That's a pretty good brick to
So you were going to foed me boozel If it wasn't I could make to the grizzly bears for a case of
down with a splash!" use of my sixty bucks, I'd let you
As Stove walked down the aisle to the ring, he saw the girl of the phacton car, in a gorgeous evening wrap, in the end seat of the first hand of the man sitting just beyond row. He stopped and grasped the
her.
"Well, well! How are you? The only worry I had was that you couraging than a shot in the armi
started towards a farmer who came throw-when a gal's flat on her wouldn't come! You're more on wrestled himself out of the clinch, running up from a field,
"Go call a doctor!" he shouted
to the man, who at once turned and
back."
made for a house a quarter of at some good ones handy to have Do you know that?"
mile back on the road.
Stove returned to the girl. "There's a farm house back here
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"That's right-we'll just const along for a while," Steve winked at Hammer, who glared at him and Hammer struck again, landing a "That's when a gal's
loft and a right and the crowd "Why, uh," said the man, sur-yelled for the kill, howling with Stove hitched up his trousers. prised out of his wits, while the derision and delight." "Well, any time you want to beung woman, knowing that the hauled out of another ditch, let me words were meant for her. smiled
down into her lap. a picce, sister. Let's make for it." know," and he turned to leave.
The girl
"I'll make this called impulsively,
as short as 'I
we'll have a long, quiet talle" fessor urged him to hurry, "then left the man staring at him in amazement, the girl smiling in quiet understanding, and climbed Into the ring. His opponent, a big man wearing a black bathrobe was already in his corner, raising hia.
Hammer swung again, but Steve ducked, weaved and uncorked aledge-hammer right to his oppo- ment's chin. Hammer fell swiftly crowd's yelling died out. The ref Aften "Ten" he walked over to Heeree began to count slowly, puzzled.
Steve and held up Steve's hand.
He picked her up in his arms and wait a minute! Aside from all can," continued Stove, as the Pro- and stiftly over backward. The
started down the road,
He opened the door of the house and carried the girl into the parlour where he heard the farmer saying into the telephone: "I don't know how badly they are hurt, but hurry, will you, Doc?"
Stove laid the girl on a horsehair sofa as the farmer hung up the re- ceiver. "Got any whiskey? Hot water anything?"
While the farmer dashed into the kitchen, Steve removed the sweater and her evening wrap from the girl's shoulders. He eyed her
gown,
"Here, let's peel this," and he lowered the shoulder straps.
"B-b-but..." she started to pro- test, her tenth chattering.
"Don't mind about me. I' was raised with seven sisters. Unhooka here, doisn't it?"
"Th-thanks. Glad you dropped
"Your chauffeur almost dropped me first." replied Steve, tucking the quilt more closely about her.
"He'd been up all night. Went to sleep I guess. Is he all right?".
"Yep." He sat down on the edge of the couch and ran a hand over' her legs under the quilt. "How about you? Any bones broken?"
"Oh, I'm still solid. I was darn
the wisecracks. I really owe you something. What do you do? Where can I get hold of you?"
"You'd like to do something for me?" He returned to her.
"Yes," she said, cautiously. "Something...
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"Ever see a prize flight?" "Not many good ones."
"Well, come up to the Harlem Heights Athletic Club this Friday night. I don't know how good it′11.| be, but it'll be short, because some poor, unsuspecting guy is going in against me."
No sport for the feeble. A winter bather in England coming out after his daily dip, having first broken the Ice! B-r-r-X,
"Professor, I think we've got, something there," said the pro-! moter.
"There is the next champion of
ISTAMBUL TREMBLES AT THREAT OF DANGER
Istambul, Jan. 22.
Sovere earthquake shocks were felt here and in the capital yes- torday. There was
to damage done. but the populace is most norvous and apprchorsivo-Rouler.
Venice
WAS recently under - 10 blanket of snow. When it melted, a boat was needed to'cross the Plazza in front of the famous Cathedral of St. Mark.
GOLD!
OLDS
OR BROKEN
DISCARDED
DISREGARDED
WORTH THEIR WEIGHT IN GOLD
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Mr. John Lever is so delighted with the results obtained that he has decided to prolong his stay in the Colony for a few weeks.more.
Interviews: 10 a.m. to 12.30, and 2.15 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Special appointments may be made. (Morning coffee and afternoon tea will be served).
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Jackie Coogan, one time famous as 'a child film star, now reported to be engaged, shown in London with this
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Police on skin ura a fonture of that part of Avairia where sporta amateura vesture during the winter. "They are spatially trained in first aid.
Mr. M. A. Weatherall, well-known British big game hunter, who hat gone to Loch Ness in quest of the "Monster". He claims to have found spoor and laughs at the suggestion that it was put there for him to find.
Their home looks great to the Lindberghs. back on American soil after an air journey of more than 28,000 miles, and their facma were wreathed in smiles as they stopped briskly along the dock of the Miami souplans base, after landing their plane on Biscayne
Bay.
Professor Molchanov, who is to make another attempt on the stratos. phere record in Russia shortly. He hopes to reach 25,000. Ha is shown with some of the mensuring Instru- ments he will wan
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